印度尼西亚一名高级外交官周三表示，在雅加达与新加坡因跨境雾霾问题发生外交争端之际，东盟成员国之间的对话“绝不能停止”。
A senior Indonesian diplomat said on Wednesday that dialogue “must not stop” among Asean members, amid a diplomatic row between Jakarta and Singapore over transboundary haze.
印尼的森林大火使这个城市国家笼罩在有毒烟雾中达数月之久，此后这两个东南亚邻国之间的关系一直紧张。新加坡对空气质量提出的抱怨遭到了印尼官员的尖锐指责。
Ties between the Southeast Asian neighbours have been tense after wildfires in Indonesia blanketed the city state in toxic smog for months. Complaints from Singapore over the air quality were met with sharp rebukes from Indonesian officials.
尽管新加坡外交部长维文上周访问了雅加达，但紧张局势仍在发酵，给即将在马尼拉举行的东南亚国家联盟会议蒙上了阴影。
Despite a visit to Jakarta by Singapore’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan last week, tensions continue to simmer, casting a shadow over coming Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings in Manila.
当被问及尽管存在争端，这个区域集团是否仍保持团结时，印尼外交部东盟合作总司长伊娜·哈格宁蒂亚斯·克里斯纳穆尔蒂表示，外交是一个持续的过程。
Asked whether the regional bloc remained united despite the dispute, Ina Hagniningtyas Krisnamurthi, director general for Asean cooperation at Indonesia’s foreign ministry, said diplomacy was a continuous process.
据《雅加达环球报》报道，伊娜说：“外交说起来容易，但它需要不间断的对话。想法可能不同。看看东盟11个国家的各种（经济状况）。有些不太发达；其他国家是新兴和发展中国家。”
“Diplomacy is something easy to say, but it requires non-stop dialogue. Minds can be different. Take a look at the various [economic conditions] of the 11 Asean nations. Some are less developed; others are emerging and developing,” Ina was quoted as saying by the Jakarta Globe.
“外交绝不能停止。我们的国内政策可能不同，但我们仍然必须推动外交。”在维文访问期间，两国政府同意成立一个联合工作组，追踪与对森林大火负有责任的公司有关的资金流动。
“Diplomacy must not stop. Our domestic policies may differ, but we still have to push for diplomacy.”During Balakrishnan’s visit, both governments agreed to set up a joint task force to track financial flows linked to companies responsible for the forest fires.
维文说：“这确定了双方的政治承诺，即采取必要行动。现在我们必须实施这些计划（并）履行这些承诺。”然而，印尼政界人士继续把矛头指向这个城市国家。
“It sets the political commitment on both sides to do what is necessary. Now we will have to implement those plans [and] execute those commitments,” Balakrishnan said. Indonesian politicians, however, continue to target the city state.
据《海峡时报》报道，印尼能源与矿产资源部长巴利尔·拉哈达利亚指责这个城市国家再出口印尼的天然气。巴利尔宣布，从10月24日起，将输往新加坡的管道天然气供应量减少8%。
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia – who announced an 8 per cent reduction in piped natural gas supplies to Singapore effective October 24 – accused the city state of re-exporting Indonesian gas, The Straits Times reported.
新加坡贸工部于10月30日驳斥了这一说法，澄清“从印度尼西亚进口的管道天然气供国内使用，而非用于出口”。
Singapore’s Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry rejected the claim on October 30, clarifying that “piped natural gas imported from Indonesia is for domestic use, and not for export”.
周一，巴赫利尔表示，如果双方未按印尼方面的条件达成价格协议，雅加达将不会向新加坡出口电力。他对国家通讯社安塔拉表示：“只要价格合适，按照我们的价格来，那是可以的。但如果价格不合适，我们将优先满足国内需求。”
On Monday, Bahlil said Jakarta would not export electricity to Singapore without a pricing agreement on Indonesian terms. “As long as the price is right, follow our prices, that is possible. But if the price is not right, we will prioritise domestic needs,” he told state news agency Antara.
令紧张局势进一步加剧的是，前贸易部长穆罕默德·卢特菲指责新加坡国有投资机构淡马锡和主权财富基金新加坡政府投资公司游说全球指数提供商MSCI将印尼股票降级为“独立”状态。淡马锡和新加坡政府投资公司均强烈否认这一指控，印尼证券交易所董事杰弗里·亨德里克也驳斥了这些说法。
Adding to the tensions, former trade minister Muhammad Lutfi accused Singaporean state investors Temasek and sovereign wealth fund GIC of lobbying global index provider MSCI to downgrade Indonesian equities to “stand-alone” status. Both Temasek and GIC have strongly rejected the accusation, while Jeffrey Hendrik, a director at the Indonesia Stock Exchange, also dismissed the claims.
分析人士表示，这种民族主义言论很可能是由印尼总统普拉博沃·苏比安托面临的国内压力所驱动。
Analysts say the nationalistic rhetoric is likely driven by domestic pressures facing Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.
普拉博沃政府正面临公众对其旗舰免费学校供餐计划的审视，该计划受到食物中毒事件和腐败指控的冲击，同时公众对森林火灾和MSCI降级威胁也感到不满。据路透社报道，他的支持率从去年年底的81.2%降至上个月的44.5%。
Prabowo’s administration is grappling with public scrutiny over his flagship free school meals initiative, which has been hit by food poisoning outbreaks and corruption allegations, alongside public frustration over forest fires and the threat of an MSCI downgrade. His approval rating fell from 81.2 per cent late last year to 44.5 per cent last month, according to Reuters.
印尼艾哈迈德·亚尼将军大学国际关系学副教授约哈内斯·苏莱曼表示，政府经常将责任转嫁到外部。
Yohanes Sulaiman, an associate professor of international relations at Indonesia’s Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani, said that the administration had frequently redirected blame outwards.
约哈内斯对路透社表示，以华裔为主体的新加坡是一个容易攻击的目标。他说：“在本届政府任内，这种强度被推到了11。”
Singapore, with its ethnic Chinese majority, was an easy target, Yohanes told Reuters. “The intensity is pushed to 11 under this administration,” he said.
其他专家认为，雅加达与新加坡之间的裂痕并非永久性的，也不太可能影响东盟关系。
Other experts believe the Jakarta-Singapore rift is not permanent and unlikely to affect Asean relations.
印度尼西亚前驻新加坡大使苏里约·普拉托莫表示：“印尼与新加坡的关系是互补的，而非竞争性的。”他指出，这个城市国家去年是印尼最大的外国直接投资来源国，投资额达174亿美元。
“Indonesia and Singapore’s relationship is complementary, not competitive,” said Suryo Pratomo, a former Indonesian ambassador to Singapore, noting that the city state was Indonesia’s largest source of foreign direct investment last year at US$17.4 billion.
印尼政治学家德维·福尔图纳·安瓦尔将这场外交争端斥为“茶杯里的风暴”。
Indonesian political scientist Dewi Fortuna Anwar dismissed the diplomatic dispute as a “storm in a teacup”.
据每周新闻杂志《时代》报道，印尼新任外交部长阿尔马纳塔·纳西尔在10月27日与巴拉克里希南的双边会晤中重申了这一基础。
Indonesia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir affirmed that foundation during his bilateral meeting with Balakrishnan on October 27, according to weekly news magazine Tempo.
阿尔马纳塔说：“印尼完全支持新加坡担任2027年东盟轮值主席国，我们期待保持东盟的团结、中心地位和韧性。”《南华早报》亚洲部
“Indonesia fully supports Singapore’s Asean chairmanship in 2027,” Arrmanatha said, “and we look forward to keeping Asean united, central and resilient”. By SCMP’s Asia desk